Biosafety level-2 laboratory diagnosis of Zaire Ebola virus disease imported from Liberia to Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Global travel is an efficient route of transmission for highly infectious pathogens and increases the chances of such pathogens moving from high disease-endemic areas to new regions. We describe the rapid and safe identification of the first imported case of Ebola virus disease in a traveler to Lagos, Nigeria, using conventional reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in a biosafety level (BSL)-2 facility.

Case presentation

On 20 July 2014, a traveler arrived from Liberia at Lagos International Airport and was admitted to a private hospital in Lagos, with clinical suspicion of Ebola virus disease.

Methodology and outcome

Blood and urine specimens were collected, transported to the Virology Unit Laboratory at the College of Medicine, Unive

SUBMITTER: Salu OB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5436409 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature